Oooh! One of the first reviews of Sex And The City: "It can feel like a never ending dinner party: however pleasant the courses, after a while you can hardly eat another one." Ugh. [Times Of London]

And! "It is Kim Cattrall as sex mad Samantha who steals the show with all the big laughs... The product placement is less than subtle... There is a totally pointless visit to New York fashion week which has nothing to do with the plots. It is much, much too long for a romantic comedy... More than two hours spent with four air kissing, shopping, screaming women will surely tire out most men." [The Sun]

Cynthia Nixon says: "Because of the show, I have wonderful clothes, but I never even used to wear high heels." [Telegraph]

Candace Bushnell says: "When I began dating at 17, I assumed that men would be nice." [Times Of London]

Three jurors have been chosen for the R. Kelly trial. Six years after the tape surfaced, there's actual progress in the case. [Yahoo News]

Did you know that Joaquin Phoenix is recording an album? He's working with the Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess. "Once he learned guitar [for Walk The Line], he found that he had quite a lot of demons inside himself that he wanted to expel through music," Burges explains. But! Before you start clearing a spot next to your Scarlett Johansson CD, know this: "All the tracks that [we] worked on were brilliant," says Burgess. "But I think he just keeps scrapping everything or redoing everything. I'm sad to say that I think it's one of those records that may never come out, to be honest with you." [Reuters]

Katie Holmes will make her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller's All My Sons this fall. Does that mean she and Suri will move to NY? [Just Jared]

Miley Cyrus has a new single, "7 Things," you're probably dying to hear. (Listen here.) It's a list of all the things she hates about her ex. "You're vain, your games, you're insecure/You love me, you like her/You make me laugh you make me cry." It's kind of country punk, slow and then fast. Maybe teenage girls will love it? It's perfect for jumping up and down on the bed to. [People]

Noel Gallagher of Oasis doesn't think Jay-Z should play the Glasonbury Festival because it has "a tradition of guitar music." Jay says, "We have to respect each other's genre of music and move forward." The times, they are a-changin'. [The Sun]

The season finale party for The Hills was held last night and guess who didn't show up? Photo-op lovers Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. Montag's rep had tow words: "Not invited." That is ice cold. [E!]

Amy Winehouse stumbled home at 1 am and accidentally left her friend Kristian Marr outside, so he broke into her garage to sleep. Cops showed up at 2am and removed him. Whoops! [The Sun]

Tom Breihan of the Village Voice says Scarlett Johansson's album is't so bad! "Everything on the album comes submerged in a viscous shoegaze amber that honors the faraway mystery of the Waits originals without ever attempting to replicate their sound," he writes. "It's not a masterpiece, but it unfolds like a long, luxuriant, theatrical sigh, and I'll take that." [Village Voice]

Scott Weiland is in jail right now. He checked in yesterday and will serve eight days for his DUI conviction. [People]

Pete Doherty says he knew he needed to be drug free when he tried to murder one of his kittens. "I got a shovel and was going to kill one of the cats. That was when I was, like, you know, 'I'm a bit of a mess.' It was a bit of a crazy time." Ya think? [The Sun]

Socialites throw themselves at Shia LaBeouf, and he doesn't mind a bit. Also, he says "I've been in love with every woman I've ever worked with." [Rush & Molloy]

Blind item! "Which young star — who plays gay on his hot TV show — has a taste for significantly older women?" [Rush & Molloy]

Pictures of the guy who knocked out Suge Knight! He's a 5'10" 173 lb. barber. (Suge is 6'3" and weighs 315 lbs. The barber is hardcore.) [TMZ]

Britney was on How I Met Your Mother again last night. She wasn't funny. [TMZ]

In this picture of Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan shopping in Paris, you can see Samantha's hickey really well. [Dana's Dirt via ONTD]

Rapper Remy Ma was set to marry rapper Papoose, despite the fact that she is jailed. But! Someone smuggled a handcuff key into the prison and now the wedding has been canceled! [The.Life Files]

"As a kid, I considered suicide and even attempted [it] a couple of times because I thought it would be easier to be dead." — Tyler Perry, writer/director/actor of Meet The Browns. [Rush & Molloy]